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Beautifully funny, quick, and accurate caricatures for any event by highly-acclaimed artist Damon Renthrope. With 15+ years experience, Damon captures a complete likeness with a huge amount of fun, in a small amount of time. Completing each drawing in 2-5 minutes, Damon offers each guest if they'd prefer a "cute" or a "funny", and each is presented with a professional pie ...
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"the Quality Artist"

Beautifully funny, quick, and accurate caricatures for any event by highly-acclaimed artist Damon Renthrope. With 15+ years experience, Damon captures a complete likeness with a huge amount of fun, in a small amount of time. Completing each drawing in 2-5 minutes, Damon offers each guest if they'd prefer a "cute" or a "funny", and each is presented with a professional piece of art, worth framing.

Damon has been into art for as far as he could remember, going all the way back to a scribbling 3-year-old. In '98, fascinated by a caricaturist at a Planet Hollywood, he jumped into caricature art full swing, and ever since. He's influenced by caricature giants such as Al Hirschfeld, Sebastian Kruger, Bill Waterson, and pop artists such as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Studying at SDSU, SDCC, and SDMC, his formal fine art and graphic design training offers a keen insight to exactly what it takes to create a streamlined piece of art that people would love.

Since then, he's enjoyed the patronage of such names as MTV, Nascar, Paramount Studios, Red Bull, Tiger Woods, Rohan Marley (the Bob Marley family), Mandy Moore, Johnny Knoxville, Rob Dyrdek, and others. In addition, he is a published children's book illustrator, Oil painting artist, and muralist.

He is very flexible to any theme or event, and absolutely loves drawing and working with people of all ages. You'll love your experience, and you'll love the way you look as a caricature from Damon.

"Art is forever... make sure it's the good kind."

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Anniversaries

Bachelorette Parties

Birthday Parties (Adult)

Birthday Parties (Kids)

Celebrations

Christenings

Christmas Parties

Church Services

Clubs

Cocktail Parties

Community Events

Corporate Functions

Events

Festivals

Fund Raisers

Funerals

Graduation Parties

Grand Openings

Halloween Parties

Holiday Parties

Picnic

Private Parties

Proms

Restaurants

School Assemblies

Sweet 16 Parties

Weddings

Wedding Ceremonies

Wedding Cocktail Hours

Wedding Receptions

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Caricaturist

Featured Review

Birthday Party (Adult) - 5/31/2014

Damon was awesome! He was a big hit at my grandfathers 80th birthday party. He was professional yet had fun with guests of all ages. He is very talented and I will definitely recommend him!...
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Reviews(22)

Birthday Party (Adult)
in San Jose, CA on
3/7/2015

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Damon's services came exactly as advertised. His reviewers were right on point. He was professional and his artistic capabilities were second to none. Everything on his website ... he does it in real-time ... efficiently and with precision. You will not be disappointed. We received and evaluated bids from over 5 different caricature artists and even though he wasn't the lowest bid we choose him based on his illustration style and prior reviews. We were not disappointed. Our guests loved their art pieces ... providing the perfect memento for our son's birthday 80-person event. I highly recommend Damon. I see why he has been the leading artist the last several years.

- Steve s

Birthday Party (Adult)
in Encinitas, CA on
5/14/2011

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We've hired artists before, but Damon was simply AWESOME!! He was super charming, kept everyone smiling and laughing, all the while he never stopped drawing! We couldn't believe he'd drawn over a hundred of us! The caricatures all came out BEAUTIFUL! Many of us are getting ours framed and will keep them forever. Damon is definitely the only artist we'll hire for our events in the future, and we'd recommend him in a heartbeat. He was the best part of the entire event!!
-Terrell, Stacy, and everyone

- Terrell M

Corporate Function
in San Diego, CA on
11/25/2014

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He was perfect. Accommodating, inviting, very easy to work with, very funny and witty, very warm and charming. He was the highlight of the entire event, like an art show. Everyone gravitated around him.